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the pentagon reserved money even though most troops are coming home. even though congress appropriated a total for war costs in oco, when are we going to be able to finally end this of the budget funding of cars and restore this account as a const constingenck account with the full oversight of congress. >> you are right to reflect that we have gutt a policy into effect. in terms of our budget we reflect the 450 cap. with regard to the question of how we do funding over time, i think the congress will work to determine the best of that. i hope we can come to the agreement that it is a contingency fund add not a slush fund. let me ask you about the department of labor as it relates to people of color. now, as a result of the 2009 om omnibus appropriate race act we put language in that said the secretary of labor shall provide a report to the senate of july 2009 detailing the actions that the department will take to ensure that the programs and policies will take to reduce disparities across racial and ethnic groups. is there anything that you can do to
the pentagon reserved money even though most troops are coming home. even though congress appropriated a total for war costs in oco, when are we going to be able to finally end this of the budget funding of cars and restore this account as a const constingenck account with the full oversight of congress. >> you are right to reflect that we have gutt a policy into effect. in terms of our budget we reflect the 450 cap. with regard to the question of how we do funding over time, i think the...
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that as we reduce spending, we do not do it in a way that damages defense, but that does not mean the pentagon does not need to reduce spending. some of the structures of the retirement benefits they have got to be rethought for new hires. we do better off hiring young marines and army and navy guys and paying the more and giving them for 1 k -- 401k's rather than saying we will not pay much now but they will really like it when the our 75. people want to get paid more. we need to protect the amount of defense we need, but we should never announce it. calling it education does not mean education happens. you can spend money and call a defense. we need to make sure we're not wasting money on anything. >> when you hear someone say something on the house floor and set it sounds like a tax increase, are you picking up the phone, heading to capitol hill right away? >> yes, and now. now, it is more e-mail. press calls, it comes up from time to time. someone will say something, and the press will say we thought it was opening to a tax increase. you e-mail over and ask what they said and what they are
that as we reduce spending, we do not do it in a way that damages defense, but that does not mean the pentagon does not need to reduce spending. some of the structures of the retirement benefits they have got to be rethought for new hires. we do better off hiring young marines and army and navy guys and paying the more and giving them for 1 k -- 401k's rather than saying we will not pay much now but they will really like it when the our 75. people want to get paid more. we need to protect the...
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the pentagon's secret network, supposedly airgapped, has been penetrated, according to the pentagon. the control systems for the power distribution grid, which they say is separate from the internet, people have penetrated by moving from the internet to the corporate internet -- intranet and then to the gird. we have -- to the grid. we have to come to grips with the fact that everything we do all day long is computer- dependent. is not just cyber criminals who are taking advantage of that -- it is not just cyber criminals or cyber spies who were taking the advantage of that. it is beginning to the who are taking advantage of that. the defense's we have deployed do not work. until the country comes to understand that, we will continue to be under attack. >> thank you so much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> this is cyber awareness month. i think dick is doing his part to make us aware. he has raised a number of issues that will give us a lot to think about. again, please go to our website ww
the pentagon's secret network, supposedly airgapped, has been penetrated, according to the pentagon. the control systems for the power distribution grid, which they say is separate from the internet, people have penetrated by moving from the internet to the corporate internet -- intranet and then to the gird. we have -- to the grid. we have to come to grips with the fact that everything we do all day long is computer- dependent. is not just cyber criminals who are taking advantage of that -- it...
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it got to the inherent corruption in the pentagon's contracting system. sadly, it is a continuing story, either because of outlying corruption or just coziness with contractors. harnessing technology that might be cheaper is pushed aside in terms of giving contracts to the big corporations. i must say that raytheon -- i don't think they have been able to develop this capacity for -- the israelis have actually installed it on their tanks and it has been operational in the theater. >> when you know as an investigative reporter that they are about to kick back on you on this stuff? >> you can't assume they are going to kick back on you. in fact, on this one, the army was furious. the army insisted on coming to new york and meeting with all our top wrasse. -- our top brass. they came to new york and arrived at 30 rock wearing their combat fatigues. these are all people who worked at the pentagon. they are mostly pr side. they came and sat down with us and told us we were all wrong. besides, there is no document that shows that the army ever did such a thing.
it got to the inherent corruption in the pentagon's contracting system. sadly, it is a continuing story, either because of outlying corruption or just coziness with contractors. harnessing technology that might be cheaper is pushed aside in terms of giving contracts to the big corporations. i must say that raytheon -- i don't think they have been able to develop this capacity for -- the israelis have actually installed it on their tanks and it has been operational in the theater. >> when...
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so, the pentagon is playing games with taxpayer dollars. and let me tell you this is just the tip of the iceberg. worst part of this game is that it's rigged. the contractors always win and the taxpayers always lose. the inspector general found that the army overpaid one defense contractor $13 million, but the pentagon only recovered $2.6 million. now get this. it's discovered that one defense contractor overcharged us $13 million for a number of parts. and then after it was exposed, they didn't even refund us what they should have. they only paid us back $2.6 million. included paying twice the price, $16,000 for a structural support that should have cost $1,300. this bearing sleeve that i just showed you that was over $2,200. let's put it in simple terms. if we went into a local cafe and ordered the blue light special and the menu said it was $2,200, we'd walk right out and they would be laughed out of our community. but, no, that doesn't happen in the military. that defense contractor that overcharged us and then didn't even pay us back w
so, the pentagon is playing games with taxpayer dollars. and let me tell you this is just the tip of the iceberg. worst part of this game is that it's rigged. the contractors always win and the taxpayers always lose. the inspector general found that the army overpaid one defense contractor $13 million, but the pentagon only recovered $2.6 million. now get this. it's discovered that one defense contractor overcharged us $13 million for a number of parts. and then after it was exposed, they...
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sometimes the pentagon is penny wise and pound foolish. sometimes the white house tries to cut military spending for other parts of the budget. sometimes the priorities are wrong. congress forced the pentagon to buy the predator. they didn't want it. pilots do not like pilotless aircraft. it is countercultural. i don't know many people who would reverse that decision today. each of us has a responsibility to represent the interests of our district or state. we don't no one else will. this congress sometimes make the wrong call? absolutely. please do not fall into what was said in another context, the soft bigotry of low expectations. the constitution gives congress the responsibility to raise support, provide, and maintain lee terry capability. congress can rise to meet the historical moment. that is what you, the american people, should expect us to do today, even if the president does not always rise to the moment in carrying out his constitutional duties. some expect lawmakers to just cut the check and not ask questions. the congress sh
sometimes the pentagon is penny wise and pound foolish. sometimes the white house tries to cut military spending for other parts of the budget. sometimes the priorities are wrong. congress forced the pentagon to buy the predator. they didn't want it. pilots do not like pilotless aircraft. it is countercultural. i don't know many people who would reverse that decision today. each of us has a responsibility to represent the interests of our district or state. we don't no one else will. this...
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and they're continuing about guaranteeing not to deal with the issues of inefficiencies in the pentagon. there are all of us, and this was said before, all of us on the committee, republicans and democrats, believe very, very strongly that we have to deal with this deficit. and we should. but the way we do it matters. do we do it on the backs of seniors? or do we do it in a way that shares it across the spectrum and tackling not only spending cuts but tax expenditures and costs in other arenas? and that is -- that is really the debate we're having here. and again, republicans chose last session to ignore the cost savings and strengthening of medicare for our seniors. they sit back and in fact demonize the plan voting time and i'm again to end -- to stop improvements of mccrery for our seniors. -- of medicare for power seniors. and repeal the law that limits co-pamentse for preventative services for seniors and makes prescription drugs more affordable for our seniors and improves coordination of care and reduces errors and improves patient car and outcomes for power seniors. they want to
and they're continuing about guaranteeing not to deal with the issues of inefficiencies in the pentagon. there are all of us, and this was said before, all of us on the committee, republicans and democrats, believe very, very strongly that we have to deal with this deficit. and we should. but the way we do it matters. do we do it on the backs of seniors? or do we do it in a way that shares it across the spectrum and tackling not only spending cuts but tax expenditures and costs in other arenas?...
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said ,"when theodore roosevelt set aside land for national parks, when dwight eisenhower created the pentagon research agency that gave rise to the internet, the american system seemed open to it. saving america from debt would be long next to those accomplishments because in every era, these very fiscal issues are among the greatest tests a nation can face. we are not the first great power to meet the challenges within and will not be the first to fail. spain, france, the ottoman empire, the british empire in the 1920's, all of them were crippled by borrowing, by interest payments, and by desperate we are not exempt." these are questions of national security and national success. in a democracy, there are questions of national character. they are not technical puzzles for few of us in seminars, think tanks, and back rooms. they are a defining challenge for all of us. you hear commissions on the radio and the media and our willingness to face reality will be a measure of our character. our willingness to reject easy answers from our leaders is a measure of that character. our willingness to p
said ,"when theodore roosevelt set aside land for national parks, when dwight eisenhower created the pentagon research agency that gave rise to the internet, the american system seemed open to it. saving america from debt would be long next to those accomplishments because in every era, these very fiscal issues are among the greatest tests a nation can face. we are not the first great power to meet the challenges within and will not be the first to fail. spain, france, the ottoman empire,...
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the guys who want more money from the pentagon should be focused on economic growth and not try to take a larger piece of a shrinking pie. i think the growth is the only way to get out -- 4% a year instead of obama's rate for a decade and you wipe out obama's accumulated debt and his first term, the $5 trillion he has run up. i think there are very important focuses on growth. when we see something in writing -- i am not going to get involved in some hypothetical because every once in awhile i explain a hypothetical and then it gets turned into more than i perhaps said or intended to say. but when something is written down -- and the good news is you have it written down, you put it on line for seven days, and the press and the american people look at it. nobody has to call me -- is this a tax increase? take a look at it. it will be either clearly a tax increase or not. we did not have any problems with the 2011 budget deal. it was not a tax increase. easy. the 2010 budget deal -- not a tax increase. we got lots of deals and nobody calls me on the phone wondering whether it is a tax inc
the guys who want more money from the pentagon should be focused on economic growth and not try to take a larger piece of a shrinking pie. i think the growth is the only way to get out -- 4% a year instead of obama's rate for a decade and you wipe out obama's accumulated debt and his first term, the $5 trillion he has run up. i think there are very important focuses on growth. when we see something in writing -- i am not going to get involved in some hypothetical because every once in awhile i...
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served in an latke variety of roles at the pentagon during the obama administration, culminating in a little over two years as acting assistant defense secretary for international security affairs. prior to that, she worked in the u.s. intelligence committee, including spending time in iraq, with jobs in the cia, the national security council, and the state department. representative haley stevens started her career working for the obama administration's auto industry bailout. she later worked on ways for small and midsized manufacturers to a docked digital manufacturing methods, including job training methods. her colleagues elected her as one of the two copresidents of the house freshman democrat class. new congress, new leaders. . watch it all on c-span >> there was bipartisan support tuesday in the house for a resolution condemning white supremacy and comments made by iowa representative steve king, who reportedly questioned in a new york times interview how white nationalists and white supremacists have become offensive terms. next, a look at house members debating the resolution
served in an latke variety of roles at the pentagon during the obama administration, culminating in a little over two years as acting assistant defense secretary for international security affairs. prior to that, she worked in the u.s. intelligence committee, including spending time in iraq, with jobs in the cia, the national security council, and the state department. representative haley stevens started her career working for the obama administration's auto industry bailout. she later worked...
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pentagon critics were abounding. you're a star tenure has been marked by a surge to victory in iraq, a new strategy to defeat our enemies in afghanistan, and the department's lead on humanitarian responses around the world. your service will also be noted for the substantial reforms for the defense acquisition process and your decisive actions to stop wasting taxpayers' funds on unneeded and outdated systems. on behalf of my fellow citizens, i want to thank you for your outstanding service. i view you as one of the greatest public servants that i have ever had the opportunity of serving with. today, we are faced again with the demand for change. we are facing the harsh reality that runaway federal spending has put the spending on ia sustainable has put spending in this country on a sustainable path. the competing demands for research service and the imperative we face provides congress more leadership than it has shown in the past to restore fiscal responsibility. i believe we took a step in the right direction in la
pentagon critics were abounding. you're a star tenure has been marked by a surge to victory in iraq, a new strategy to defeat our enemies in afghanistan, and the department's lead on humanitarian responses around the world. your service will also be noted for the substantial reforms for the defense acquisition process and your decisive actions to stop wasting taxpayers' funds on unneeded and outdated systems. on behalf of my fellow citizens, i want to thank you for your outstanding service. i...
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the door shut, we thought we were taking off for washington and then the pentagon was hit. i know president bush got briefed that we were not going to washington. if a terrorist attack has not just put up a financial center of the united states at the world trade center's, but now it has hit washington dc. -- d.c. we did not know how many other planes would be out there. it was clearly, for me as a reporter, i thought a doomsday scenario would open. it is a military plan, not a secret service plan. it was not to protect george w. bush, it was to protect the constitutionally elected government of a democracy. whatever needs to happen, had to happen in a succession of power. it was to watch a very well oiled plan come into effect. it is amazing to me on board air force one, where we to around four hours. we cannot land and cannot go anywhere. the extent of how little we knew on the plane. president bush, as i recall, had three telephone lines. he could talk to the white house, to mayor giuliani, but he could not really get much of a feel for what was happening. our television
the door shut, we thought we were taking off for washington and then the pentagon was hit. i know president bush got briefed that we were not going to washington. if a terrorist attack has not just put up a financial center of the united states at the world trade center's, but now it has hit washington dc. -- d.c. we did not know how many other planes would be out there. it was clearly, for me as a reporter, i thought a doomsday scenario would open. it is a military plan, not a secret service...
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they have worked at the highest levels of government on the national security council in the pentagon and the state department and in and this is a broad, and they are people, and we can learn something about the experience of making strategy in a complex conditions the country has faced in the past 20 years. let me briefly introduced the panel, especially as it relates to the aftermath of 9/11 and strategy under uncertainty. eric edelman has served in government closely as a career foreign service officer. related to the fall of the berlin wall, he worked in the u.s. embassy in moscow and then return to work in the state department, and then as assistant deputy undersecretary of defense for soviet and east european affairs from 1989 to 1993. after 9/11, he was a principal deputy assistant to the vice- president, that is richard cheney, for national security affairs from 2001 to 2003 and ambassador to turkey from 2003 to 2005, and he was u.s. undersecretary of defense policy from 2005 to 2009. he is currently a distinguished fellow at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments
they have worked at the highest levels of government on the national security council in the pentagon and the state department and in and this is a broad, and they are people, and we can learn something about the experience of making strategy in a complex conditions the country has faced in the past 20 years. let me briefly introduced the panel, especially as it relates to the aftermath of 9/11 and strategy under uncertainty. eric edelman has served in government closely as a career foreign...
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when i came to the pentagon, there were 492 recommendations in place. many of them dealt with mistreatment of detainees. 2006, ild also note by think we have prosecuted any number of soldiers, sailors, airmen or marines in the military court for detainee of use. a couple were for homicide. there was an ongoing legal process of a criminal nature for those who perpetrated the crimes. let me segue to the second part of your question about prosecuting of high government officials. the obama administration, when they came to office, took a look at specifically the cia's interpretation program and whether the legal advice provided to those running the orgram violated the law referral to the bars and they decided, although it was regretful and mistaken, that there were no crimes. you think the time for, as are suggesting, criminal accountability before the criminal court has passed. but i think that is with the state of play is. diana in massachusetts. diana, you are on the washington journal. caller: good morning charles and peter. i wanted to go back to the
when i came to the pentagon, there were 492 recommendations in place. many of them dealt with mistreatment of detainees. 2006, ild also note by think we have prosecuted any number of soldiers, sailors, airmen or marines in the military court for detainee of use. a couple were for homicide. there was an ongoing legal process of a criminal nature for those who perpetrated the crimes. let me segue to the second part of your question about prosecuting of high government officials. the obama...
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asserved for three decades an army special forces officer, and top pentagon official, he is well versed in special operations and cyber security as well as defense support to civil authority. he served as military assistant to don rumsfeld for 5.5 years. upon retirement, he continued at the department of defense. prior to heritage, he was a lead consultant to ibm on cyber security policy. please welcome steve. steve: i would like to add my welcome to everyone, both in the room and joining us either through tv or internet. group. a huge a testimony to the people we have on a panel but also to the subject. it is an awfully important discussion we are about to have. i hope everyone is here with an open mind. we tried to pick panelists who would really stir some thinking. we will give each of them about 12 minutes or so to give their presentations. then we will spend the bulk of our time answering your questions. i will give you additional instructions on questions when we get to that time after we get to opening remarks. the title is "assessing the iran placingagreement: sanctions in conte
asserved for three decades an army special forces officer, and top pentagon official, he is well versed in special operations and cyber security as well as defense support to civil authority. he served as military assistant to don rumsfeld for 5.5 years. upon retirement, he continued at the department of defense. prior to heritage, he was a lead consultant to ibm on cyber security policy. please welcome steve. steve: i would like to add my welcome to everyone, both in the room and joining us...
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this morning we will talk about the pentagon and presidential transition. trump discussion about campaign election challenges with rebecca greene, law .rofessor watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. this morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. up, live on friday, nasa administrator holds a news conference ahead of saturday's spacex crew launch at 10:00 a.m. on c-span. her0 five, nancy pelosi on weekly briefing. at noon, michael chertoff and janet napolitano talk about theidential transitions and importance of peaceful transfer of power for national security. onc-span2, angus king telehealth during the pandemic. >> the supreme court heard oral s,gument in california v. texa concerning the constitutionality of the affordable care act. the justices will decide if the individual mandate requiring each person to have elf insurance
this morning we will talk about the pentagon and presidential transition. trump discussion about campaign election challenges with rebecca greene, law .rofessor watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. this morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. up, live on friday, nasa administrator holds a news conference ahead of saturday's spacex crew launch at 10:00 a.m. on c-span. her0 five, nancy pelosi on weekly briefing. at noon,...
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russian invasion of ukraine, bring you the latest from the president and other white house officials, pentagon, state department as well as congress. we also have the international perspective of the united nations and statements from foreign leaders, all on the c-span network, online, or c-span.org. or for free on her mobile video app c-span now. >> a discussion now on nato's mission and the possibility of enlarging the north of the tree organization. from the count -- treaty organization. this just over an hour. mary: welcome to the meeting. i am mary beth long. cofounder and principal of global -- and the chair of nato's high level group. i will be presiding over today's discussion. i would like to introduce our experts today. we have some pretty incredible people so i hope you enjoy this session. the first expert is kimberly marten a professor of political science and bernard's college. she specializes in international security and not surprisingly russia. the second expert is michael mandelbaum. he -- american foreign john hopkins school of policy -- foreign policy. he has taught at harva
russian invasion of ukraine, bring you the latest from the president and other white house officials, pentagon, state department as well as congress. we also have the international perspective of the united nations and statements from foreign leaders, all on the c-span network, online, or c-span.org. or for free on her mobile video app c-span now. >> a discussion now on nato's mission and the possibility of enlarging the north of the tree organization. from the count -- treaty...
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there are people who are civilians who work in the pentagon. i have covered the pentagon for many years. they are civil servants. they serve their country just the people in uniform. perhaps they do not have the risks that some do. some go into combat zones and live with the same danger that soldiers do. in modern warfare were you have ied's and the civilians are getting a lot of with their military counterparts. -- getting blown up with their counterparts. there could perhaps be better ways to do business. secretary gates pointed out that they will be curtailing the number of contractors, people who they basically rent out to do work of the defense department. we have found over the years of privatizing certain functions of the defense department did not exactly turnout the kind of savings that people thought which is a strong point that republicans for many years were making that privatization would, in fact, cut costs. it has turned out to not be that way. and costs more to ask a civilian contractor to work on a weekend less than someone in
there are people who are civilians who work in the pentagon. i have covered the pentagon for many years. they are civil servants. they serve their country just the people in uniform. perhaps they do not have the risks that some do. some go into combat zones and live with the same danger that soldiers do. in modern warfare were you have ied's and the civilians are getting a lot of with their military counterparts. -- getting blown up with their counterparts. there could perhaps be better ways to...
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served under in california, the former cio of california, now cio of the pentagon, frankly i think they could do more. on the auction question, we absolutely have to have a decent incentives to have rod casters give back spectrum. share, broadcasters can and there are ways we can still ensure them a voice in less space. absolutely government should give some up. i just want to say if we don't get enough spectrum released, or ever, from government, broadcasters, we are releasing a problem. ed atu have not look cisco's annual report, you need to. everything is talking to each other. we have to have data. will innovation help, yes. there are a bunch of smart people working in silicon valley to make sure that innovation may help the problem. but overall, we know we need to do something. this focus is extremely important. , susan nessner tate touched on the idea of the quadrennial review that congress were required of the fcc every four years to look at the ownership rules and see if they are still necessary in the public interest. the commission was unable to complete the 2010 quadrennial,
served under in california, the former cio of california, now cio of the pentagon, frankly i think they could do more. on the auction question, we absolutely have to have a decent incentives to have rod casters give back spectrum. share, broadcasters can and there are ways we can still ensure them a voice in less space. absolutely government should give some up. i just want to say if we don't get enough spectrum released, or ever, from government, broadcasters, we are releasing a problem. ed...
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friday morning, we talked about the pentagon and presidential transition with the defense policy analyst, todd harrison. then a discussion about trump campaign election challenges with rebecca greene, la professor and codirector of the program. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. coming up live on friday, a nasa administrator holds a news conference ahead of saturday's spacex crew launch. that's 10:00 a.m. on c-span. at 10:45, house speaker nancy pelosi has her weekly briefing with reporters. noon, presidential transitions. and the importance of the peaceful transfer of power. noon, the roleat of telehealth during the pandemic. next, george's voting system implementation matter on the states recount of the election results. he spoke from the state capital in atlanta and announced a hand counted audit is scheduled to begin november 13 and conclude on november 18. earlier, it was announced the secretary of state was planning to get tested and self-qua
friday morning, we talked about the pentagon and presidential transition with the defense policy analyst, todd harrison. then a discussion about trump campaign election challenges with rebecca greene, la professor and codirector of the program. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. coming up live on friday, a nasa administrator holds a news...
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the pentagon is yet to be audited. the only ainltcy of the federal government that cannot be audited happens to get the larblingest single discretionary grant of money every year. once i managed to pass an amendment on the floor to require an awe tit. that disappeared in conference committee because the pentagon can't be audited, doesn't want to be audited, they just need more money. don't worry, they'll spend it wisely. let's talk about real fiscalties plin around here and a real balanced budget amendment to protect the assets of the social security trust fund and med kay. you don't care about that, you want to kill it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. johnson: -- >> i yield to mr. byrne. mr. byrne: the first thing i introduced when the 115th congress kicked off last year was a balanced budget amendment. with a national debt of $ 1 trillion it's no secret that the federal government has a spending issue. before coming to congress i served in the alabama state legislature. like many
the pentagon is yet to be audited. the only ainltcy of the federal government that cannot be audited happens to get the larblingest single discretionary grant of money every year. once i managed to pass an amendment on the floor to require an awe tit. that disappeared in conference committee because the pentagon can't be audited, doesn't want to be audited, they just need more money. don't worry, they'll spend it wisely. let's talk about real fiscalties plin around here and a real balanced...
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general fraser speaks with reporters for half an hour. >> it's the colonel here at the pentagon. how do you hear me? >> loud and clear, thanks. >> sir, if you're ready, we'll get it started. good morning, everyone. joining us again today, although today via satellite, rather than here in person, is general fraser, the commander of u.s. southern command. and he's going to provide an update on haiti relief operations. general, over to you, sir, for your opening statement >> thank you very much. good morning. as you know, our efforts from the d.o.d. continue in support of usaid-led efforts on part of the united states government to support aid efforts for the victims of the earthquake in haiti. based on that earthquake, roughly three million people are estimated to be impacted. so what i'd like to do this morning is give you a bigger picture, if you will, of the overall u.s. military efforts that are being taken to aid those victims. first, if we look at the airport, because that's the place that we first focused our attention, while we were moving other capability. the airport now
general fraser speaks with reporters for half an hour. >> it's the colonel here at the pentagon. how do you hear me? >> loud and clear, thanks. >> sir, if you're ready, we'll get it started. good morning, everyone. joining us again today, although today via satellite, rather than here in person, is general fraser, the commander of u.s. southern command. and he's going to provide an update on haiti relief operations. general, over to you, sir, for your opening statement...
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but the pentagon is telling me, you know, i can't sustain this forever. you know, we either have to make a decision or not make a decision. can you address that dilemma? stephen: sure. what you hope is the course to diplomacy will work and saddam either comes clean or leaves the country. and remember before the president gives the order to go into iraq, he gives saddam a 48-hour ultimatum to leave the country. and the saudis and others are offering billions of dollars to sort of get him to say yes and he doesn't say yes. so one of the solutions out of this dilemma, your diplomacy works. for reasons i described, the diplomacy didn't work. there is a bit of a use it or lose it point with that force that you got a raid in the region. it's the march, end of march. summer's coming. this is a force that's suited to operate in a cambio environment. if you seen those suits you wear in those circumstances and think about doing that in 120-degree iraqi summer, but i don't think that alone would have caused the president to say i'm going to use this instrument i bui
but the pentagon is telling me, you know, i can't sustain this forever. you know, we either have to make a decision or not make a decision. can you address that dilemma? stephen: sure. what you hope is the course to diplomacy will work and saddam either comes clean or leaves the country. and remember before the president gives the order to go into iraq, he gives saddam a 48-hour ultimatum to leave the country. and the saudis and others are offering billions of dollars to sort of get him to say...
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the pentagon did a posture review with regard to nuclear arms reduction. they pointed to the threat of nuclear terrorism and the threat like iran and other countries that may emerge. it's impornt to keep our eyes focused on those very, very important 21st century threats that are confronting us. i will say though, that as far as the leadership that our work with russia conveys to the international community, i can see the result already when we finish the negotiations in april. signed the treaty in prague. within a month, we were at the nonproliferation review. back in 2005, we had a dust up at the conference. we didn't end up with a consensus agreement at the end. this time around, coming out of those negotiations with the russian, came toew york. got a consensus agreement and a really good action plan coming out of the nonproliferation and work hard with all the countries around the world on confronting those important problems you're talking about. irans and north koreas of the worl the leadership we have shown really helps us with the problems we have
the pentagon did a posture review with regard to nuclear arms reduction. they pointed to the threat of nuclear terrorism and the threat like iran and other countries that may emerge. it's impornt to keep our eyes focused on those very, very important 21st century threats that are confronting us. i will say though, that as far as the leadership that our work with russia conveys to the international community, i can see the result already when we finish the negotiations in april. signed the...
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was engaged with everybody is there was enormous amount of hiding inside the us government with the pentagon trying to shield the state department, the white house trying to figure how to stop each one of them from shipping each other. iraq in some ways being a casualty of that, of the internal conflict. did we end up with, so use an expression probably incorrect one but something that look like an american barrage in iraq, we had an american governor and then a military governor and then a civilian governor of the coalition. how does this happen? and why did we not move to the dream you discover that the iraqi people to have a democracy? >> so, you know, there's always this agreement with administrations. you're stuck between a a dile. if there is a disagreement in the administration, everybody in the press and elsewhere basically writes that it's groupthink and it's dangerous. and if you do have disagreement and vigorous debate within the administration anybody says it's chaos and disunity and all the rest. sure, there was vigorous debate. in the end of the day throughout both administrati
was engaged with everybody is there was enormous amount of hiding inside the us government with the pentagon trying to shield the state department, the white house trying to figure how to stop each one of them from shipping each other. iraq in some ways being a casualty of that, of the internal conflict. did we end up with, so use an expression probably incorrect one but something that look like an american barrage in iraq, we had an american governor and then a military governor and then a...
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guest: we did notify the pentagon. in part notified them because we wanted to see what they could tell us about the photographs, and we also notified them because we knew the reaction might potentially put troops in harm's way. we want to give them a heads up that this was coming. they mostly spoke to was off the record, so i cannot tell you what they said, but in one on the record conversation we pointed to the photographs of the men tied up beside the road, and we wanted to know if they were investigating who those men were, the circumstances under which there were killed, and whether u.s. troops were involved in the desecration of the bodies. basically the response of the pentagon is they have no way of knowing in no way of basically figuring out who the men in the photographs were. that was disturbing, because you could see from some of the related photographs that there were marks on the striker vehicles and other identifying signs that any peace investigator could have to track down what had happened in that inci
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he was the senior pentagon correspondent for cnn. he is now eight news consultant and teaches at the university of maryland. to his left is scooter libby, my colleague here at the hudson institute. he served as senior vice president. he worked as chief of staff for vice president dick cheney and was a regular attendee at the national security council and principals meeting. he was the subject of so much of mr. rumsfeld's book. mr. rumsfeld is a person who needs no introduction. if you want to know about his extensive background in government, there is no better way to do it than to read his book. i would urge everybody to do that. >> the full price book. [laughter] if you want to pose a question, we left cards on everybody's chair. please write your question down and pass it forward. we will get to as many of the questions as we can. i would like to get the discussion going with a few comments. first, regarding the substance and tone of the book, secretary rumsfeld has written an important book full of revealing stories and is direct
he was the senior pentagon correspondent for cnn. he is now eight news consultant and teaches at the university of maryland. to his left is scooter libby, my colleague here at the hudson institute. he served as senior vice president. he worked as chief of staff for vice president dick cheney and was a regular attendee at the national security council and principals meeting. he was the subject of so much of mr. rumsfeld's book. mr. rumsfeld is a person who needs no introduction. if you want to...
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and they're continuing about guaranteeing not to deal with the issues of inefficiencies in the pentagon. there are all of us, and this was said before, all of us on the committee, republicans and democrats, believe very, very strongly that we have to deal with this deficit. and we should. but the way we do it matters. do we do it on the backs of seniors? or do we do it in a way that shares it across the spectrum and tackling not only spending cuts but tax expenditures and costs in other arenas? and that is -- that is really the debate we're having here. and again, republicans chose last session to ignore the cost savings and strengthening of medicare for our seniors. they sit back and in fact demonize the plan voting time and i'm again to end -- to stop improvements of mccrery for our seniors. -- of medicare for power seniors. and repeal the law that limits co-pamentse for preventative services for seniors and makes prescription drugs more affordable for our seniors and improves coordination of care and reduces errors and improves patient car and outcomes for power seniors. they want to
and they're continuing about guaranteeing not to deal with the issues of inefficiencies in the pentagon. there are all of us, and this was said before, all of us on the committee, republicans and democrats, believe very, very strongly that we have to deal with this deficit. and we should. but the way we do it matters. do we do it on the backs of seniors? or do we do it in a way that shares it across the spectrum and tackling not only spending cuts but tax expenditures and costs in other arenas?...
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that congress did not act on the kinds of budgetary reforms for civilian and military leadership the pentagon said were desperately needed. i would anticipate all of that maybe not discussed in that much detail in the state of the union, but a priority as we talked to congress about the fiscal year 16 budget. >> several more detainees were repatriated from guantanamo and that will be something in the next three or four months, would you be willing to say this company tends to accelerate in the early part of 2013 to move as many detainees as our movable? >> i do not have a lot of insight to what the short-term plans are and what sorts of grievances are contemplated and what troops are up for transfer in the short term. it continues to be an important priority in this administration to ultimately transform all of the detainee's out of guantanamo. >> they are too dangerous. >> that is why we need congress to take action to remove obstacles preventing the president from doing something he believes is clearly in the national interest, closing guantanamo bay. >> are there any other pet names he has
that congress did not act on the kinds of budgetary reforms for civilian and military leadership the pentagon said were desperately needed. i would anticipate all of that maybe not discussed in that much detail in the state of the union, but a priority as we talked to congress about the fiscal year 16 budget. >> several more detainees were repatriated from guantanamo and that will be something in the next three or four months, would you be willing to say this company tends to accelerate...
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i remember my first intelligence briefing at the pentagon back in 1993. it predicted the potential collapse of north korea even back then. much of the population is starving. he had virtually no economic development. huge inequality between the elite and the masses. no real political participation. beenily dynasty that has brutal and repressive in its regime. all of the seeds for instability are there. but they have been there for a long time. i would not underestimate the ability of this regime to keep a hold on domestic unrest. uno think if kim jong overplays his hand with these provocations, there could be miscalculation. that is what we have to worry about. host: most of this morning's "washington journal" discussing the situation in north korea. earlier we spoke with josh ro gen. that we are speaking with michele flournoy, former under defense secretary for the clinton and obama administrations. , an ambassador from the bush administration. he served as an ambassador to the philippines during the clinton administration. when you look at these numbers
i remember my first intelligence briefing at the pentagon back in 1993. it predicted the potential collapse of north korea even back then. much of the population is starving. he had virtually no economic development. huge inequality between the elite and the masses. no real political participation. beenily dynasty that has brutal and repressive in its regime. all of the seeds for instability are there. but they have been there for a long time. i would not underestimate the ability of this...
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and colleague from committee staff days, dave trachtenberg, who served in several positions in the pentagon as principal secretary of defense. he is a genuine expert. i am not making this up entirely out of whole cloth. i do think that the current moment is one where the basic approach of figuring out what american strategy is should come before decisions of an arms control treaty port indeed on what our nuclear posturing should be. this is putting the horse before the courts exercise, in my judgment. although there has anot been a durable strategy drop the entire post-cold war era, we have behaved in a relatively consistent ways. it is possible to look at our behavior and pretty quickly understand what our enduring interests are and what our approach to strategy is. it will make much more sense because arms control and military force posture or tools of based krafthis craft. so if we have a clear statement of what our goals and how we attempt to achieve those goals, a lot of these questions and arms control and conventional force posturing would be much more easy to answer. the thing that
and colleague from committee staff days, dave trachtenberg, who served in several positions in the pentagon as principal secretary of defense. he is a genuine expert. i am not making this up entirely out of whole cloth. i do think that the current moment is one where the basic approach of figuring out what american strategy is should come before decisions of an arms control treaty port indeed on what our nuclear posturing should be. this is putting the horse before the courts exercise, in my...
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say that senior white house and state department officials have harshly criticizeed the draft pentagon policy statement and one administration official was quoted as that in no way or shape represents u.s. policy. and lost in the swirl of all this was the very sinch fact that pete williams, the spokesman, pointed out or even very widely in the government, a lot of people are making comments about a document they never actually read. >> and bart gelman tried do a better job of seting the document in some context. but by and large first impressions are very hard to chape. hard to shape. and i think looking to what is striking about the press coverage is it was a very tipalical washington story, which reflected a lot of the sort of not invented here syndrome that goes on bureaucratically and where critics did not put forward any sort of strategy at all but just chose to comment harshly about a dew point that most of them hadn't read and was still in the preparatory stages so to go back to the document at this time origins of the dpd go back to some of the elements paul wolfowitz talks abo
say that senior white house and state department officials have harshly criticizeed the draft pentagon policy statement and one administration official was quoted as that in no way or shape represents u.s. policy. and lost in the swirl of all this was the very sinch fact that pete williams, the spokesman, pointed out or even very widely in the government, a lot of people are making comments about a document they never actually read. >> and bart gelman tried do a better job of seting the...
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this is 1.7 $5 billion for a plane that our pentagon and the previous pentagon say they do not need. -- this is $1.75 billion for a plan that our pentagon and the previous pentagon say they do not need. it is in direct competition with the resources that our troops in iraq and afghanistan need now. that is an assessment held by our secretary of defense and a former secretary of the defense. our share of the joint chiefs and the former chair of the joint chiefs. we're in a neck-and-neck battle just to cut $1.75 billion for a plane that the pentagon itself says it does not want. it will not be easy to change this budget deficit but the budget -- but the president will continue to work on it. >> how much concern is there in terms of uncompensated care? is there some concern that people with health insurance don't see this? >> the president started to emphasize that even more today. i do not doubt that we have to continue to make the case to everybody involved that they had a genuine stake in health-care. but that they have access to affordable health insurance or not, i think that is on
this is 1.7 $5 billion for a plane that our pentagon and the previous pentagon say they do not need. -- this is $1.75 billion for a plan that our pentagon and the previous pentagon say they do not need. it is in direct competition with the resources that our troops in iraq and afghanistan need now. that is an assessment held by our secretary of defense and a former secretary of the defense. our share of the joint chiefs and the former chair of the joint chiefs. we're in a neck-and-neck battle...
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the president and the pentagon has both said, we are not in a time of war. we need to cut some personnel costs. what we thought recently what the specifics of that. what is going to need -- mean for specific bases, 4000 troops here, 5000 troops there. really getting into the nitty-gritty impact. a lot of people are saying, when it was a theoretical conversation it's one thing but now you're talking about taking 5000 troops out of my district out of my town. you are also hearing from military officials saying, this is tough for us, this is going to put pressure on us. but if sequestration is not rude -- healed repeals, -- repeals we are going to have to go down even further. host: we are dealing with a lot of different issues involving the military going back to security and military facilities, here is a tweet that says, as a former military veteran who was patient at fort hood, i would not let soldiers walk around the base of weapons. we were immature. guest: that will be the key of the issue here. i think what they talked about in the defense authorization
the president and the pentagon has both said, we are not in a time of war. we need to cut some personnel costs. what we thought recently what the specifics of that. what is going to need -- mean for specific bases, 4000 troops here, 5000 troops there. really getting into the nitty-gritty impact. a lot of people are saying, when it was a theoretical conversation it's one thing but now you're talking about taking 5000 troops out of my district out of my town. you are also hearing from military...
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from the pentagon, a wreath-laying ceremony. the 18thrage of anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on c-span, c-span3, and online at c-span.org or listen on our radio app. >> on wednesday, the british house of commons debated a bill that would block the u.k. from leaving the european union without an agreement on future relations between the countries. this is called a new deal brexit. the vote passed.
from the pentagon, a wreath-laying ceremony. the 18thrage of anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on c-span, c-span3, and online at c-span.org or listen on our radio app. >> on wednesday, the british house of commons debated a bill that would block the u.k. from leaving the european union without an agreement on future relations between the countries. this is called a new deal brexit. the vote passed.
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ask theagon -- you pentagon. everybody is turning on each other. that is how you do it. the briefing is a little part of it, but it is not the whole thing. public can see that. it is there for the record. it is happening. peter: the briefing room is more about accountability than information. it is one opportunity that the public has to ask questions and have the answer be recorded on the record. it does not mean they will answer satisfactorily or that we will get as much information. the idea of getting rid of the so pathetic to the frustration, but i think it would be a terrible idea. this is the most powerful person on the planet being forced through his spokesperson to hopefully, today important concerns. they do not have to give important information. everything would be anonymous, background, whatever. there would be no accountability. alexis: let me ask a few more questions before we open it up to questions. i want to ask about technology. in that time that we have covered the white house, there have been hard line phones, email and cell phones and encrypted texts
ask theagon -- you pentagon. everybody is turning on each other. that is how you do it. the briefing is a little part of it, but it is not the whole thing. public can see that. it is there for the record. it is happening. peter: the briefing room is more about accountability than information. it is one opportunity that the public has to ask questions and have the answer be recorded on the record. it does not mean they will answer satisfactorily or that we will get as much information. the idea...
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the pentagon acquisition system is so swap with regulation, on a handful of contractors can compete for the larger contracts. that is what i support initiatives by john mccain, a real hero, by the way. senator mccain and others in the house, to reform the process to make it more transparent flexible, and more competitive. competition reduces costs and interest trips have quality equipment that keeps them safe. it is not too much to ask for the people who defend our country that we eliminate waste so we invest in them. these problems are not unique to the military. the procedures used to purchase information technology are forthwith delays and outright failures. over the past five years, united states government accounting office has made more than 700 recommendations for reforming the system of procurement in washington. only 23% of than half been fully implemented. we can apply these pretzels we used to fix the defense -- these principles we used to it the defense acquisition to fix those on the civilian side as well. actually having the hands-on leadership skills to take an idea to pu
the pentagon acquisition system is so swap with regulation, on a handful of contractors can compete for the larger contracts. that is what i support initiatives by john mccain, a real hero, by the way. senator mccain and others in the house, to reform the process to make it more transparent flexible, and more competitive. competition reduces costs and interest trips have quality equipment that keeps them safe. it is not too much to ask for the people who defend our country that we eliminate...
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it is what the pentagon wants us to see. what we can tell from that is that they are talking about a real shift in resources in the military. the focus is shifting to asia. military capabilities will be shifting as well. they will begin emphasizing -- deemphasizing ground forces and emphasizing other programs. the navy will maintain 11 aircraft carriers. that is something that has been questioned for a while. people in the navy have been talking about the idea of scaling back to 10 or nine carriers. the decision for now is to maintain 11 carriers. it is not without cuts in some areas of the navy budget. they're going to be reducing the total number of ships over the next five years. host: 20 or 22 ships will be cut or slow down. we're doing the standard phone lines for democrats, republicans, and independents. we have last year's budget for the navy. the total request was $161 billion. $47 billion for personnel, $46 billion for procurement and maintenance. $18 billion for research and development. what are you expecting when
it is what the pentagon wants us to see. what we can tell from that is that they are talking about a real shift in resources in the military. the focus is shifting to asia. military capabilities will be shifting as well. they will begin emphasizing -- deemphasizing ground forces and emphasizing other programs. the navy will maintain 11 aircraft carriers. that is something that has been questioned for a while. people in the navy have been talking about the idea of scaling back to 10 or nine...
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and later in the day, we will bring you a briefing from the pentagon with the air force secretary and general mark welsh. they will discuss the current state of the air force and its future starting at 3:30 p.m. eastern. we'll have that live coverage on c-span2. monday night on the communicators, the summer marks the 25th anniversary of digital television. the author of television areas talks about the development of the medium in the early 1990's. >> and then in june of 1990, almost exactly 25 years ago, cbs convinced us we should submit it to the fcc for consideration as the next generation u.s. terrestrial broadcast ended. we were not quite sure we wanted to do that because we really satellite and cable guys i didn't have a whole lot to do with the terrestrial broadcast network business. but we ended up doing that. all of a sudden in june of 1990, our cover was blown what we were doing. at first, everybody said it was impossible what we were claiming, but sure enough, a year or so later, all of our competitors were essentially following us and it became a real race. announcer: mond
and later in the day, we will bring you a briefing from the pentagon with the air force secretary and general mark welsh. they will discuss the current state of the air force and its future starting at 3:30 p.m. eastern. we'll have that live coverage on c-span2. monday night on the communicators, the summer marks the 25th anniversary of digital television. the author of television areas talks about the development of the medium in the early 1990's. >> and then in june of 1990, almost...
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and yet what do the republicans cut rather than rooting out waste at pentagon? they cut $1.6 billion from the e.p.a.'s effort to protect public health and keep our air and water safe. $950 million from community development block grants to strengthen neighborhoods and create jobs. $815 million from fema grants that help communities prepare for disasters. $10 million to keep our food safe. when you look at the winners and losers in this budget, it becomes clear what the majority party does and does not value. and they clearly do not mind leaving the next generation a legacy of deficits and debt. what we're doing in this continuing resolution is increasing the favite government spending of the majority party, running up the deficit, continuing big tax cuts for special interests while slashing theffort to educate our children, ensure access to health care, keep our air and water clean, oh, and while they're at it, taking away a woman's right to choose. this is where we could be by working together, democrats and republicans. this process, this rule and this bill ar
and yet what do the republicans cut rather than rooting out waste at pentagon? they cut $1.6 billion from the e.p.a.'s effort to protect public health and keep our air and water safe. $950 million from community development block grants to strengthen neighborhoods and create jobs. $815 million from fema grants that help communities prepare for disasters. $10 million to keep our food safe. when you look at the winners and losers in this budget, it becomes clear what the majority party does and...
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some that are specifically targeted for private government offices like to the pentagon, capitol hill, foggy bottom. expect that we are going to fundamentally change u.s. foreign-policy doing this but we do think there is a lot of value to getting historians and the best ones to talk to people who are making decisions today. by we also think that beating the drum on history, that we will get people in the national security community to spend more time looking at history and to think historically. you do not need a phd in history to think historically. we are fortunate today to have someone i think who is perhaps the best possible person to convey this message. sitting next to me, lieutenant general mcmaster who has a phd in history and at the same time, and incredibly distinguished practitioner. he first came to public attention during the gulf war in 1991 when he commanded an at the cavalry company battle of 73 east in which he routed a much larger iraqi tank force. this was a textbook study in new forms of armored warfare. 1890 seven, he published a book based on his phd dissertatio
some that are specifically targeted for private government offices like to the pentagon, capitol hill, foggy bottom. expect that we are going to fundamentally change u.s. foreign-policy doing this but we do think there is a lot of value to getting historians and the best ones to talk to people who are making decisions today. by we also think that beating the drum on history, that we will get people in the national security community to spend more time looking at history and to think...
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there is a shot of the pentagon this morning with a flag draped over that building. meanwhile, mitt romney will be speaking at the national guard's annual conference. flags across washington today are at half mast to mark the anniversary. there are hearings on capitol hill. on the house side they will take a look at preventing terrorists from entering united states. "usa today" on their front page "as time passes." it says here -- host: p.j., a democrat, new jersey. you are up first. caller: i see this event as a different thing. i look at it from an engineering standpoint. this is the first time that steele has ever been melted by fire outside of a blast furnace. there was a tremendous chance to study this event that was not allowed. host: all right, virginia. parker, independent line. good morning. caller: we should be honoring those who lost their lives 10 years ago. and we should be helping those people need help with their health insurance from the blast. host: there is an update on that this morning in "of the baltimore sun." "the 70,000 surviving firefighters
there is a shot of the pentagon this morning with a flag draped over that building. meanwhile, mitt romney will be speaking at the national guard's annual conference. flags across washington today are at half mast to mark the anniversary. there are hearings on capitol hill. on the house side they will take a look at preventing terrorists from entering united states. "usa today" on their front page "as time passes." it says here -- host: p.j., a democrat, new jersey. you are...
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more cuts ahead for the pentagon. little more from this story -- that's just a little bit from "the washington post" this morning. now north korea will be our topic as we move through this morning's "washington journal." josh rogan of foreign policy will be on here, along with the former assistant secretary of defense. and thomas hubbard who served as ambassador to south korea during the george bush administration will also be out here as we continue this conversation. this is the editorial from this morning's "new york times" regarding north korea. it's north korea, again. new york times" writes -- that's the "new york times" this morning. joe is a republican in washington, d.c. joe, you're on the washington journal. >> yeah, my statement is you need to fall back on what george washington's suggestions were, and with the light of recent events with gun control, we're getting away from the idea of what the second amendment truly was about. that's well organized militia. there's nobody at home protecting us right here
more cuts ahead for the pentagon. little more from this story -- that's just a little bit from "the washington post" this morning. now north korea will be our topic as we move through this morning's "washington journal." josh rogan of foreign policy will be on here, along with the former assistant secretary of defense. and thomas hubbard who served as ambassador to south korea during the george bush administration will also be out here as we continue this conversation. this...